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Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight
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PRESSED
ON
PURPLE
VINYL.
Well
before
Shuggie
Otis
cut
his
debut
album,
musicianship
and
performance
had
long
been
a
part
of
his
life.
The
son
of
rhythm
and
blues
legend
Johnny
Otis,
Shuggie
learned
to
play
guitar
as
early
as
the
age
of
two,
and
performed
professionally
with
his
father's
band
at
eleven.
Throughout
his
long
and
illustrious
career
he'd
performed
on
records
for
the
likes
of
Frank
Zappa,
Al
Kooper,
Etta
James,
and
George
Duke,
to
name
a
few.
In
spite
of
all
this,widespread
mainstream
success
eluded
Shuggie
for
much
of
his
career.
His
most
famous
release
to
date
is
his
1974
album
Inspiration/Information,
which
would
experience
new
resurgent
life
in
the
2000s.
Those
willing
to
dig
a
little
deeper
however,
would
discover
hidden
gold
in
his
earlier
releases,
especially
in
the
album
directly
before
Inspiration/Information,
his
sophomore
1971
release
Freedom
Flight.
As
with
his
debut,
Freedom
Flight
was
produced
by
Shuggie's
father
Johnny
Otis,
and
built
upon
the
distinct
sounds
of
his
debut
album:
lush,
baroque,
string
section
arrangements,
paired
with
hard
funk
rhythms,
and
funky
blues
melodies,
with
the
majority
of
the
instruments
once
again
performed
by
Shuggie
himself.
The
album
also
features
backing
from
premium
session
greats
12
like
George
Duke
and
Aynsley
Dunbar,
and
the
track
"Strawberry
Letter
23"
which
became
a
monster
hit
for
The
Brothers
Johnson
3
years
later.
Freedom
Flight
is
a
treasure
of
deft,
technical
skill,
and
virtuosic
composition.
Track
Listing:
A1.
Ice
Cold
Daydream
A2.
Strawberry
Letter
23
A3.
Sweet
Thang
A4.
Me
And
My
Woman
A5.
Someone's
Always
Singing
B1.
Purple
B2.
Freedom
Flight
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